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Earlier in the week we reported on the trailer for 343 industries Remaking The Legend documentary that will go over - in detail - the process not only of re-mastering and in some (six) cases re-inventing the seminal Halo 2 and its multi-player maps, but also of the internal process 343 took on in deciding to do so as a part of The...

Hong Kong-based developer and publisher Eastasiasoft has confirmed that they'll be bringing their new strategy game Lost Sea to Xbox One in 2015.
Pitched as a "B-movie strategy-action game set inside a procedurally generated Bermuda Triangle", the game will be released some point next year. The game's designer, Aidan Price, said...

Spartans, this is a call to action! HaloFest is back! Running between the 8th and 11th of November, the event will see a whole bunch of Halo-related activity going on, so let’s have a peek at what's in store.
As the 11th quickly approaches and we all salivate, details regarding everything Halo are like Halloween...

Welcome to What Games Are You Playing This Weekend, also known by the uber-popular acronym WGAYPTW. This is a laid-back feature that allows us to share our upcoming weekend gaming plans with all of you. By providing a little window into our personal lives, you can learn what makes us tick as gamers and learn which...

Were you a fan of those frantically-fun Micro Machines games from the '90s? If so, you're going to love this news.
Codemasters — who developed the Micro Machines games two decades ago — today announced Toybox Turbos, a table-top racer that will be speeding onto the Xbox 360 Games Store soon. No release date has been...

The developer of the ultra-scary Outlast, Red Barrels, has confirmed that a sequel to the game is in development. Formats have yet to be confirmed, but we'd imagine that the same route as the first game would be taken, with a release on PC, followed by a console release.
Red Barrels co-founder Phillipe Morin confirmed in an interview...

The ratings team that covers a large portion of European releases - PEGI - has rated Majesco's Xbox 360 scare-'em-up Slender: The Arrival for release on Xbox One, it has been revealed.
The news - outed by the always-intrepid Lifelower - comes as a bit of a surprise and appears to be right out of the...

We reported yesterday that a leaked achievements list for a new Xbox 360 port of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas had been discovered.
Today, we can confirm that the game is indeed getting an Xbox 360 release, and that it'll be available from October 26th via Games on Demand only.
The new version will contain the aforementioned...

In a recent interview with OXM, Far Cry 4’s creative director Alex Hutchinson had some interesting things to say about the future of linear games. In summary, he believes that games with a linear campaign are “really going to suffer in the modern marketplace.”
Hutchinson also said:
"They're already super high-quality,...

Titanfall shocked and amazed Xbox Owners when it first hit the scene nearly a year ago. Shooter fans had rarely seen something as fast-paced and awe-inspiring as running across a wall to board a hundred and fifty foot tall robot that they’d just then called to drop from orbit. Since then, we’ve seen...

Microsoft has released a new free strategy game for Xbox One and Kinect, entitled Voice Commander.
Available in the US only for the time being, the game has been developed by Microsoft Garage, who are something of a think-tank group of interns and Microsoft employees. You control a green spaceship on the retro-styled...

Microsoft has released a new adapter which will allow you to take the Kinect sensor that came with your Xbox One, and connect it to your PC and tablets that are running Windows 8 or Windows 8.1.
A few months ago, they released Kinect v2 for Windows at four times the price of the $50 adapter, and the functionality is reportedly...

Those eagle-eyed folks over at Xbox Achievements have uncovered something a little bit interesting, it seems.
Today, they've published a new list of Xbox 360 achievements for the aging Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, which sees its 10th anniversary looming large this month. "But, wait!" we hear you cry. "The game was already out on Xbox...

A while ago, we reported that KOEI Tecmo was working on a new game that was scheduled to be the follow up to the underrated Xbox 360 action strategy title Bladestorm: The Hundred Years' War. There was no confirmation of platforms, however.
Today though, KOEI Tecmo has confirmed that the game is headed to Xbox One under the...

Sega has announced details regarding a new DLC package for Alien: Isolation
Entitled 'Corporate Lockdown', it will be the first of five post-launch add-on packs due to be released for Alien: Isolation's Survival Mode, which started life as a "Demo" when the game launched.
According to Alien: Isolation's official post:
"Each add-on...

The Legend of Korra is a cartoon on Nickelodeon that has a massive following of die-hard fans, much like the series it was spawned from, Avatar: The Last Airbender. Platinum Games is a developer that is highly respected, responsible for cult classics such as Bayonetta, Vanquish, and The Wonderful 101. Long story short, Platinum...

A couple of days ago, it was confirmed that Halo: The Master Chief Collection would come with a massive multiplayer-enabling 20GB patch for gamers to download on day one.
The patch wouldn't prevent the single-player campaigns from being playable as it downloaded, but understandably, some were unhappy with the decision to...

When we reviewed FIFA 15 a few weeks ago, we noted that the game had a specific problem when it came to goalkeepers making crazy decisions.
One of the main improvements to the game was mooted to be improved goalkeeper AI that was more in keeping with real-life shot-stoppers. That is generally the case, but there are too...

Deadalic Entertainment has confirmed that their new adventure game Silence: The Whispered World II will not only be coming to PC and Mac, but also to Xbox One.
The Xbox One version will release simultaneously with the other versions when the game launches in early 2015. Silence is being touted as a "genre-defining, visually stunning...

One of the benefits of EA Access on Xbox One, is that subscribers get a limited-time "early access" trial of every game that EA puts out on the platform. So far, gamers have enjoyed six-hour trials of Madden NFL 15, NHL 15, and FIFA 15 about a week before the games were available in stores.
But in the case of

The release of both Season 1 and Season 2 of Telltale's The Walking Dead have been delayed until October 31st in Europe for Xbox One and PlayStation 4.
Originally set for release on October 24th, Telltale Games haven't released an official statement as to why both games have suffered the one week delayed in...

There are so many new games out at this time of year and the notion of getting invited to play one of them early is highly appealing, but please don't be fooled by any messages you get regarding Grand Theft Auto V, as there will be no beta or any kind of early access before its official release on the latest systems...

We thought we'd publish a bit of something to perk you up on this fine (or not fine...depends on what the weather is like where you are, really) Wednesday, and it just so happens that this little beauty came flying our way.
YouTube user 「|_◎G¡」 (no, we don't know either) has posted a very, very sweet mix of 31 different...

So you're browsing your local retailer's Xbox One and Xbox 360 section and have no idea what new games were released this week. No one seems willing to help and you feel alone and scared. Surely, there must be a way — an easy way — to get the info on the latest releases. Rest your worried head young Spartan,...

Microsoft has confirmed that they have released the Xbox One Digital TV Tuner, in the UK at least.
The device is scheduled to launch in all the usual stores on Friday, but is available to order from the UK Microsoft Store now. It's expected to be released in other European territories very shortly.
The tuner connects via USB, and...